Cigarette holder and the like



Jam.- 1, 1924 1,479,590

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD EMERICH, F ELGIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 ELGIN AMERICAN MANUFAC- TURING 00., 0F ELGIN, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CIGARETTE HOLDER AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 8, 1923. Serial No. 611,378.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LEONARD EMERIGH, a citizen of the United States, residin at Elgin, in the county of Kane and 6 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Holders and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has to do with certain im- 10 provements in cigarette holders and similar.

articles. The features of the present inven-' tion are intended particularly for usein' cigarette holders intended to be located on the dash boards of automobiles and other vehicles but it will presently appear that the features of the invention are not necessarily limited to this class of service, but may also be used to advantage for other purposes. Nevertheless, inasmuch as the present invention has been devised with particular consideration of the use of the same for cigarette holders on automobile dash boards, I have illustrated and will describe the invention for this particular class of service,

5. but in so doing, do not intend to limit myself thereto except as I may do so in the claims.

, The main object of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder of such arrangement that it can be very conveniently attached to the face of the dash board where it will be readily accessible to the occupants of the front seat. The instrument may also bereadily attached'to other convenient portions of the vehicle, as forexample, to a door panel, to the back face ofthe front seat so as to be accessible to occupants of the tonneau, and to other portions of the vehicle. Another object of the invention is to rorangement that the cigarettes may be very readily withdrawn one at a time and by the use of a single hand, thus making .11. possible for the driver to reach for and obtain a cigarette Without having to remove both hands from the steering Wheel.

Another object in connection with the foregoing is to provide an arrangement such that the cigarette holder will naturallylie in a substantially vertical position and close to the surface of the dashboard, but also an arrangement such that the cigarette holder can be readily turned into a horizontal position so as to facilitate the removal of the tate 'ofvide a cigarette holder of such form an arcigarettes, and also to facilitate filling the article with a new charge of cigarettes.

A further object of the invention is to make provision for effective prevention of rattle or other objectable noise due to the movement and vibration of the vehicle.

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same, which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

, In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a fragmentary face view of a' portion of the dash board in perspec-.

tive, having applied thereto a cigarette holder embodying the features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a cross section through the dash board and a portion of one cigarette holder embodying the features of the present invention, and on enlarged scale as compared .to Fig 1;

Fig. 3 shows a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 shows a section taken on the line 1-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows and on enlarged scale, and shows the form of the hinge construction;

Fig. 5 shows a front face View of another edges 13 and 14 come into substantial contact and provide a more or less enclosed purse shaped holder. The sides 15 of the leaf 10 are at such time telescoped by the sides 16 of the leaf 11 as is clearly evident from Fig. 2.

The lower portions 13 and 14 of the leaves are notched or cut back as shown at 17 in Fig. 3 so as to expose the central portion of a cigarette 18 lying transversely between the leaves. The fingers of the hand may be inserted through these notches 17 so as to grasp the central portion 18 of this cigarette and permit it to be withdrawn between the edges 13 and 14: of the leaves, which at such time will separate slightly and momentarily.

Ordinarily, the leaves will be brought together by the force of a spring acting between them in any convenient manner. In the construction illustrated, this spring is established as a long spiral spring 19 of small diameter which constitutes a hinge pin between the alternate hinge sections 20 and 21 at the up er edges of the two leaves. Examination 0 Fig. 3 shows that one of the end sections is connected to one leaf and the other end section to the other leaf, so by soldering or otherwise securing the ends of the hinge spring 19 to the two end sections, a proper connection is established between the two leaves tending to move them together. This should be done while the spring is under a sufficient tension to force the leaves together with a proper pressure.

The cigarette holder thus establishedis pivotally mounted on a base member 22 which may be directly attached to the dash board by'screws 23 or in any other convenient manner. This base plate 22 is provided with the side lugs 2 1 at its upper portion, which lugs are properly spaced to embrace theleaf 10 to the sides 15 of which the lugs are pivotally connected by the ivot points 25. A sufiicient friction should lie produced at these pivot points to hold the device more or less firmly so as to avoid unnecessary rattle, but nevertheless, to permit the cigarette holder to be easily turned and raised into the horizontal position.

The lower central portion of the base plate 22 'is'provided with a lug 26 which flares forwardly from the dash board a sufficient distance to accommodate a socket 27 on its back face, within which socket there may be secured a block of rubber or the like 28 which bears firmly against the dash board. The extreme lower tip of the lug 26 is provided with a finger 29 which embraces the edge of the recess 17 of the back leaf 10 under a spring pressure established by the flexibility of the lug 26, so as to hold the cigarette holder normally in firm engagement with the lug 26 and in the lowered position. This will prevent movement of the purse shaped cigarette holder and thus prevent rattle. Nevertheless, the cigarette holder may be easily disengaged from the lug 29 and turned the horizontal position.

The form shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is similar to that already illustrated and described, but in the present case the base plate 22 is provided with a forwardly extendin socket 30 on the front face of its lower en which socket carries a block of rubber or the like 31 against which the back leaf 10 normally rests. This arrangement will eliminate rattle, since in case of any jar of the back leaf 10 with respect to the base plate the rubber block 31 will cushion the movement.

While I have herein shownand described only certain embodiments of the features of my present invention, still I do not intend to'limit myself to the same except as I may do so in the claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigarette holder or the like comprising in combination a pair of leaves pivoted together at their upper edges, the'lower edges of the leaves curving toward each other to establish a point of contact at their lower edges when the leaves are folded together, and there being central recesses in the lower edges of the leaves to accommodate the fingers of a hand, spring means tending to move the leaves together, and a bracket for the ciga rette holder adapted for attachment to a substantially, vertical surface, said bracket including a flat plate for attachment to the said surface, a pair of forwardly extending lugs at the upper end thereof, a pivotal connection between said lugs and the upper side portions of the back leaf, and a resilient forwardly projecting stop on the lower por' tion of the bracket adapted to contact the.

back surface of the back leaf when in lowered position, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, acigarette holder or the like comprising in combination a pair of leaves pivoted together at their upper edges, the lower edges of the leaves being bent towards each other to establish a line of contact at the lower edge of the cigarette holder, and spring means tending to move the leaves toward each other, together with a bracket adapted for attachment to a substantially vertical surface, said bracket including a back plate and forwardly projecting lugs on the upper ENE.

end thereof, and a pivotal connection be- 

